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Informationen zum Autor Christian A. Nappo teaches for the Lee County, Florida School District and holds an MA in library and information science from the University of South Florida. He also holds an MS in criminal justice from the University of Alabama and an MA in history from the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Previous books include Librarians of Congress (2016) and Presidential Libraries and Museums (2018), both published by Rowman & Littlefield. Klappentext Pioneers of Librarianship profiles sixty notable librarians who made significant contributions to the field. The achievements of the librarians profiled here are important because they shaped the field. Many of their theories, ideas, and contributions are still being utilized in libraries today. Zusammenfassung Pioneers of Librarianship profiles sixty notable librarians who made significant contributions to the field. The achievements of the librarians profiled here are important because they shaped the field. Many of their theories, ideas, and contributions are still being utilized in libraries today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Preface 1. Pura Belpré: Librarian, Author and Puppeteer 2. Henry Evelyn Bliss: The Bliss Bibliographic Classification 3. Thomas Fountain Blue: The Louisville Free Public Library 4. Alfred Kaiming Chiu: Harvard-Yenching Classification System Librarian 5. John Young Cole: First Official Historian of the Library of Congress 6. Andrea Crestadoro: The Manchester Free Library 7. Charles Ammi Cutter: The Cutter Expansive Classification 8. John Cotton Dana: Progressive Librarian and Museum Director 9. Sadie Peterson Delaney: Librarian and Bibliotherapist 10. Melvil Dewey: The Dewey Decimal Classification 11. William Isaac Fletcher: The Amherst Librarian 12. Herman Howe Fussler: Librarian & Microphotographer 13. Amelia Gayle Gorgas: Librarian and Nurse 14. Richard James Horatio Gottheil: Middle Eastern Collections Librarian at the New York Public Library 15. Samuel Swett Green: The Father of the Library Reference Service 16. Abdel Kader Haidara: The Heroic Librarian of Timbuktu 17. M ...
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Christian A. Nappo teaches for the Lee County, Florida School District and holds an MA in library and information science from the University of South Florida. He also holds an MS in criminal justice from the University of Alabama and an MA in history from the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Previous books include
Librarians of Congress (2016) and
Presidential Libraries and Museums (2018), both published by Rowman & Littlefield.
